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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1936
Page
2
A 40 hour week drive led by George L. Berry gains official backing as 100 industrialists and 30 labor leaders plan a council meeting. Berry, Roosevelt's coordinator for industrial progress, cites rising business gains and argues a shorter work week is needed to ease employment pressures.
Fragment cites a principle that industry exists to give life and happiness to the human family and will be added with no reservations. The quote emphasizes social purpose over profit and links industry to public well being.
Minneapolis jurors demand extermination of racketeers before they seize city control. They urge a united front to halt lawless elements as they levy tribute on businessmen, though evidence was not enough for indictments.
Virginia will switch from its traditional black and white to orange and blue for 1936 license plates. Director John Q. Rhodes Jr. said Maryland’s new black and white scheme prompted Virginia to adopt a distinct color to avoid duplicating nearby states.
Delbert Green 26 faces five rifles in a firing squad on January 24 after three prior death sentences were postponed. Attorneys plan to ask Utah’s supreme court to declare him insane on the eve of the execution in a case noted for its unusual sequence of reprieves and accusations of killing his uncle, wife, and mother-in-law in Layton.
The fragment notes how someone repeatedly escapes death by legal argument or technicality, implying ongoing appeals and delays in fatal outcomes.
January 5 report outlines federal rules for unemployment tax and payroll records. Guy T. Helvering states the tax not due until 1937 but employers with eight or more workers must track monthly headcount and total remuneration. Details cover employees in and out of the United States and those exempt under 907 c. Virginia lawmakers may require similar payroll records if unemployment law passes. The Virginia Manufacturers Association estimates about 7,000 employers and 300,000 workers could be affected if a payroll tax is enacted, but no total for a one percent tax is given.
Rome reports the latest official casualty toll for Italy in the African campaign up to December 31, 1935. The figures show 390 Italian troops killed and 14 missing.
Former President Herbert Hoover criticizes Franklin D Roosevelt's message to Congress as a political tactic to label opponents as wicked and corrupt. Hoover argues the New Deal departs from proper national objectives and warns against concentrated government power. He travels from Palo Alto to New York City while issuing his statement.
In Rio de Janeiro two feminists held for allegedly forming a movement police call women's revolt remain jailed as debates over transfer to Pedro I prison ship continue. Donna Alvaro Moreyra, a union secretary, is charged as a communist while Donna Rosa Furtado Soares De Meirlles is also arrested. her brother Syllo Meirelles faces federal accusations in Natal. Senora Armanda Alvaro Alberto was released after questioning and denied ties to the National Liberating Alliance. Eugenia said there was no alliance but she partly shares some ideas.
Col and Mrs Charles Lindbergh and their son Jon stayed inside a Welsh refuge home under police guard. Three detectives and officers patrolled the Morgan residence grounds while rain kept them indoors. They arrived from Liverpool after disembarking a transatlantic boat on Tuesday.
Philadelphia moves to host a national convention with 32 of 96 Keystone delegates pledged four days ahead. Mayor-elect S Davis Wilson will lead the invitation drive with Emma Guffey Miller and Governor George H. Earle. Guffey predicts Roosevelt gains and a pivotal Pennsylvania role.
Russell C Stalnaker of Charleston West Virginia reports indigestion sour stomach and gas after meals. He says after using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery he gained weight regained his appetite slept well and could return to work. Buy now from local druggists in tablet and liquid forms.
Flood waters across the Loire and Seine regions rise toward peak levels with warnings from flood-control authorities. Villages along the rivers face invasion of water threatening crops and homes, recalling the 1910 disaster when cities saw cellar flooding and widespread destruction.
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